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Kotaku’s Opinions For The Week July 05, 2025
5.7.2025
Gamers are a passionate bunch, and we're no exception. These are the week’s most interesting perspectives on the wild, wonderful, and sometimes weird world of video game news.Read more
This Pride Month, Overwatch 2 Made Good On A Years-Old Promise
30.6.2025
I’ve been playing Overwatch since 2019. I finally jumped into Blizzard’s hero shooter after the release of Bastet, a short story following the medic sniper Ana and old man vigilante Jack “Soldier: 76” Morrison, which confirmed the broody ex-Overwatch leader was once in a long-time relationship with...
Daredevil Actor Completely Flabbergasted By The Public Response To His Clair Obscur Voice Work
23.6.2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has an incredibly stacked voice cast. Final Fantasy XVI lead Ben Starr and Baldur’s Gate 3 star Jennifer English head the pack of expeditioners as Verso and Maelle, but perhaps the most recognizable voice among them all is Daredevil actor Charlie Cox. He plays Gustave...
After Six Years, Overwatch 2 Finally Acknowledges Soldier: 76’s Gay Ex-Boyfriend Again
22.5.2025
Way back in 2019, Blizzard confirmed that Soldier: 76, Overwatch’s grumpy grandpa, is a member of the queer community. The titular organization’s ex-commander, whose real name is Jack Morrison, is gay and was involved with a man named Vincent many years before the events of the game. This...
Vincent D’Onofrio Already Has Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Updates
16.4.2025
The blood is barely dry from the Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 finale and we already have big updates on what’s to come. In an interview with Variety, Vincent D’Onofrio, who plays skull-crushing NYC mayor Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk, reveals how certain parts of the first season’s finale will factor...
No, Daredevil: Born Again's Fisk Is Not An Allegory For Trump
28.3.2025
Daredevil: Born Again is really quite something. It feels like the first genuinely adult-focused project within the MCU, and its shocking brutality is all the more surprising for being created by Disney. (While Deadpool & Wolverine had gore and naughty words, it’s hard to really credit the silly...
Every Quentin Tarantino Movie, Ranked By Rewatchability
12.2.2025
Quentin Tarantino makes films with his own legacy in mind. “I just don’t want to be an old-man filmmaker,” he said in a 2012 Playboy interview. “I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don’t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at...
James Gunn Explains Why He Kept Fan Favorites From TheCreature Commandos Comics Out Of The Show
29.1.2025
MAX Original Series Creature Commandos was a surprise hit of 2024, and further evidence that James Gunn is one of the greatest minds rethinking the superhero genre at the moment. And though the show is packed with undead heroines, weasels, and nazi-killing robots, there are still plenty...
What To Snag In Steam's Big Sale, How To Get Started In Dynasty Warriors: Origins, And More Of The Week's Tips
25.1.2025
This week’s hodgepodge of gaming tips, helpful info, and other stuff kicks off with a look at the best deals in Steam’s first big sale of the year. We also have a look at Xbox Game Pass’s strong assortment of new additions to close out the month, a recommendation for the best way to learn Disney...
Modders, Please Remove The Worst Part Of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth From The Game
22.1.2025
Modders, we need to have a chat. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is coming to PC tomorrow, January 23, and no doubt y’all are gonna get cracking on modding some important and meaningful shit, like making Vincent and Cid playable characters and adding Zack Fair to the party. But before you get to any...
How To Solve The 'Snake In The Garden' Mystery In Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
15.1.2025
In Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the Catholic priest and fascist collaborator Father Vincent gets on your radar almost as soon as you land in Vatican City. It can be a while before you meet him face to face, but before that point, you may get the chance to help yourself to some of his most...
This New Dungeons & Dragons Pinball Machine Will Send You On An Epic Adventure For Just $7,000
3.1.2025
Stern Pinball is back with another new machine and this time it’s a tribute to Dungeons & Dragons following the tabletop RPG’s 50th anniversary. The table comes with all kinds of whimsical bells and whistles and an all-star voice cast, and it can be yours starting at $7,000. Or you could pay nearly...
10 Awesome Movie-To-Game Adaptations To Play After Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
20.12.2024
It’s hard to say what’s more of a bummer, folks. Was it the dark days where every single big blockbuster movie got a shitty tie-in video game crunched out by some poor dev team in six months to launch alongside the film? Or is it the present, where new movies rarely get tie-in games at all outside...
Marvel Teases Every Big Show Coming In The Next Year
30.10.2024
Marvel has released a sizzle reel of forthcoming Disney Plus shows, which finally gives us our first glimpse at next year’s revival of Daredevil, along with a wealth of other programs.Read more
Our Favorite Cosplay From DoKomi Germany 2024
24.7.2024
I love to get a look at cosplay from across the world, and DoKomi Germany never disappoints. The three-day anime convention and cosplay competition took place over the last weekend in June in Düsseldorf, Germany, and gave us some absolute beauties.Read more
If You’re Quick, You Can Buy The Pokémon Van Gogh Merch Again
17.4.2024
Remember last year when Pokémon collaborated with the Van Gogh Museum for an incredible line of products and an exhibit in the Amsterdam facility? Then you may also recall how resellers, in desperate need to throw the plushies, art, and figures onto eBay at inflated prices, embarrassed themselves...
Final Fantasy VII: The Kotaku Retro Review
16.4.2024
After helping my childhood friend, Cloud, through a reality-bending experience to reclaim his identity, I listen as he apologizes for his worst actions and explains to a room full of people why he misled everyone. Yes, his mind was under the influence of an invasive presence, but this confession...
So You Want To Play The Original Final Fantasy VII?
5.4.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth came out in February 2024. Perhaps you’ve recently finished the game and are now in search of something new to play. Whether you’ve played the original or not, there is never a wrong time to play the original Final Fantasy VII. Read more
DOJ Charges Texas Man for Orchestrating $10 Million Meta-1 Coin Scam
21.3.2024
Texas resident Robert Dunlap has been arrested on federal mail fraud charges in connection with the “Meta-1 Coin” scam that saw investors drained of over $10 million, the Department of Justice reveals. The alleged fraudster had claimed the token was backed by $44 billion in gold and priceless...
15 Essential Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Side-Quests
8.3.2024
Square Enix’s epic RPG Final Fantasy VII Rebirth isn’t short on activities to do outside of its main story. Each region is home to a number of side-quests you’ll come across by talking to NPCs and checking each town’s job board. But which ones should you play? Read more